From Beyond: Ancient Echoes Update Coming Next Week!

[JoeW]

The "Ancient Echoes" update is coming next Thursday, September 18th!

Highlights Include:

Additions

• Added a Fumarole area where an old companion of the Ancients will appear during the Shadow Rift.
• Added a Giant Whirlpool, which tends to pull everything down with it.
  • Caves must be enabled for it to appear.
• Added hidden rooms in the Caves that can be explored to uncover Ancient lore, that is if you can find the entrance…

Quality of Life

• Woodie’s Wooden Walking Stick no longer consumes durability when its wearer is not moving.
• Birds now have death sounds.
• Bird sounds will disappear from the turf ambience for most of the Post-Lunar Hail period.
• Bridges may now be placed in the Labyrinth Maze.

As always, we'll also be bringing new skins, new streaming drops, a new login reward, and more... Stay Tuned!

[-Variant]

That was quick.

[Well-met]

klei beta speedrun any%

[lowercase skye]

Are there plans to finish things up in this final week? Right now this update adds a technologically impressive but purely-decorative area with nothing to gain from visiting it except some cosmetic masks, a biome with a placeholder turf and very little decor, a cool new tree that's still lacking a lot of its unique drops, and a new mob which is very visually impressive but impossible to actually damage or kill. I'm not usually one to worry about betas being fast and loose or coming out underdeveloped, but so far this one is almost exclusively cool technology that there's currently nothing to do with.

Will we get a phase 2 like Hostile Takeover, maybe? That seemed like a pretty effective format to allow for the hype of frequent updates without the loose ends that such a thing usually entails.

Edited September 11, 2025 by lowercase skye

[Cruvimaster]

9 minutes ago, lowercase skye said:

Will we get a phase 2 like Hostile Takeover, maybe?

[Uedo]

This is actually hilarious xD

[ROBIttt]

I think that in the update, after the

Labyrinth in the Archives, there will most likely be a boss - just like there is one after the Labyrinth in the Ruins.

[VaskalRascal]

I mean, it's kinda cool.. but it doesn't make me feel any better, though.

[CyberSkink]

Huh… that was quick.

[Kacpert25]

35 minutes ago, lowercase skye said:

a biome with a placeholder turf

Yeah, this biome needs its own turf. But it probably won't get it judging by the art 

[Milordo]

WHAT

 

Like, COME ON! There is still so much to do!!!

- What about Ruins, new biome and Lunar grotto generation rework?

- What about GWD must needed final touch-ups?

- What about fumarole biome together with other possible forgotten biomes?

 

Why is always Caves and Ruins getting the final short stick??? I'm guessing this is because it's only the first part?

Don't get me wrong the update is great, but it's a big disappointment if Klei will not touch up those points even after, leaving again the game in a bad less quality state. Those are not small things to neglect!!!

[fabin]

guh? but we don't even have new biome turf...

[CyberSkink]

Just now, Milordo said:

WHAT

 

Like, COME ON! There is still so much to do!!!

- What about Ruins, new biome and Lunar grotto generation rework?

- What about GWD must needed final touch-ups?

- What about fumarole biome together with other possible forgotten biomes?

 

Why is always Caves and Ruins getting the final short stick??? I'm guessing this is because it's only the first part?

Don't get me wrong the update is great, but it's a big disappointment if Klei will not touch up those points even after, leaving again the game in a bad less quality state. Those are not small things to neglect!!!

Relax, I’m sure they are getting to it. This is probably just a precursor update.

[Kacpert25]

4 minutes ago, Milordo said:

What about fumarole biome together with other possible forgotten biomes?

There is still a chance for this in some final patch for this beta.

[_mylilsunshine_]

the update seems barebone and kinda whatever, i hope it is a setup for the second or even third update

happy about the klei points and login rewards and streaming rewards though

Edited September 11, 2025 by _mylilsunshine_

[Milordo]

Just now, CyberSkink said:

Relax, I’m sure they are getting to it. This is probably just a precursor update.

I hope and I will, but my anxious worries are not out of the blue and are not random. History teaches. 

I know Klei reads and I know they proved me wrong sometimes, and I hope they will this time around too. I hope...

2 minutes ago, Kacpert25 said:

There is still a chance for this in some final patch for this beta.

Thanks.

 

[CyberSkink]

Just now, Milordo said:

I hope and I will, but my anxious worries are not out of the blue and are not random. History teaches. 

I know Klei reads and I know they proved me wrong sometimes, and I hope they will this time around too. I hope...

It’s okay, bro. I’m sure they will fix it one way or another. If I know Klei, then they will respond to the negative feedback if there is any. That said, I understand your concern and if you’re concerned and want to chat about it, I’d be more than happy to converse constructively. I personally am a Klei super fan, but if they do something I don’t like I still let them know about it. One fan to another, we’re in this together.

[SapoLover]

I guess this is a small update to get off the skins they have been making since last update? It's alright, I guess. It's a good update, just small

Edited September 11, 2025 by SapoLover

[Cruvimaster]

5 minutes ago, Kacpert25 said:

There is still a chance for this in some final patch for this beta.

The game has bugs. So a fix should be released today or tomorrow.

[gaymime]

[CyberSkink]

20 minutes ago, Milordo said:

I hope and I will, but my anxious worries are not out of the blue and are not random. History teaches. 

I know Klei reads and I know they proved me wrong sometimes, and I hope they will this time around too. I hope...

Thanks.

 

Also, while I’m at it, I want to say that I’m sorry for misjudging you earlier. I sometimes get pretty defensive when talking about DST’s flaws. Either way, I hope we can move forward and discuss this wonderful game as a community.

[Mike23Ua]

54 minutes ago, Milordo said:

WHAT

 

Like, COME ON! There is still so much to do!!!

- What about Ruins, new biome and Lunar grotto generation rework?

- What about GWD must needed final touch-ups?

- What about fumarole biome together with other possible forgotten biomes?

 

Why is always Caves and Ruins getting the final short stick??? I'm guessing this is because it's only the first part?

Don't get me wrong the update is great, but it's a big disappointment if Klei will not touch up those points even after, leaving again the game in a bad less quality state. Those are not small things to neglect!!!

Klei can’t just extend the length of a beta, especially if they’ve already submitted builds of the new update out to Sony, Microsoft & Nintendo.

Often times when consoles DO get the updates it’s an Earlier Build then what was changed in Beta.

So Klei will probably release the update already but have to fine tune it with feedback & more tweaks later.

Edited September 11, 2025 by Mike23Ua

[Milordo]

1 minute ago, Mike23Ua said:

Klei can’t just extend the length of a beta, especially if they’ve already submitted builds of the new update out to Sony, Microsoft & Nintendo.

Often times when consoles DO get the updates it’s an Earlier Build then what was changed in Beta.

So Klei will probably release the update already but have to fine tune it with feedback & more tweaks later.

Oooooh, right right right.

[-Variant]

1 hour ago, Kacpert25 said:

Yeah, this biome needs its own turf. But it probably won't get it judging by the art 

Next week. It has its own turf already, its just using existing art. They'd need to replace the current turf if they don't give it new turf.

[Kacpert25]

13 minutes ago, -Variant said:

It has its own turf already, its just using existing art.

Oh... Well, I haven't checked the turf in this biome, so it's good to know that the current appearance is placeholder.